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24 Hours of LeMans is here! Watch it online…
24 Hours Of LeMans is here! Can AUDI take its R15 TDI to further its domination of the sport? Or can Peugeot finally crack the code?
My money is on the R15. Audi really knows what they’re doing on this race….
LINKS!
WATCH IT LIVE: http://www.justin.tv/ekatesportshd
WATCH IT LIVE: http://www.justin.tv/tomcio6
WATCH IT (link 2): http://www.ustream.tv/channel/eurohd
WATCH IT (link 2): http://atdhe.net/7452/watch-24-hours-of-le-mans
LIVE TIMINGhttp://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/pages/chronos_fr.html
LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE RACE LIVE!: http://rlm08.0157.org/
SAAB will be cool again! KoenigSAAB is born!
Well i gotta say i was very happy when i learned today that Swedish supercar maker Koeniggsegg appears to be the buyer of the troubled GM-owned SAAB brand.
I had been pretty harsh on Saab a few weeks ago in my post about their direction, but it’s really nice to see them escaping the diseased hands of GM.
This is gonna be a fascinating combination. So will SAAB go back to being a smaller niche company? Or will K-Segg try and turn them into a higher volume, money-making swedish trickster? My suspicions tell me that they’re gonna keep SAAB very specific, very swedish, and bring some of the soul back that’s been lost. Whether they go retro or they go futurist—-i’m pretty sure that Koeniggsegg is really gonna put some good time and effort into resurrecting one of the cooler brands of cars around today. It’s also REALLY nice to see Saab going back to Sweden….and not being sold to some rubbish Chinese carmaker….
Makoto Ouchi airbrush drawings.
These are airbrush drawings by Makoto Ouchi. Very cool stuff indeed…
MORE INFO: http://www.khulsey.com/masters_makoto_ouchi.html
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1960 Maserati Birdcage Tipo 60/61
1952 Alfa Romeo 1900 Disco Volante
foto of the day.
a tribute to DODGE! the glory days….
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Fiat-Chrysler: DONE! Chrysler name = dead?
Finally!
So what’s gonna happen now? Is the Chrysler nameplate going away? Businessweek is suggesting there is a “high likelihood” that it will be Jeep, Dodge, and Fiat left in the end of the battle. At first, i was a bit surprised—but the more i think about it, the nameplate “Chrysler” doesn’t really offer much in terms of a solid product line. If anything, Dodge has always been the one carrying the brand. Plymouth used to be a big name in the 70s, but slowly faded away into the automotive graveyard.
So lots of questions! Will Alfa Romeo come back with Fiat? Will all the Chrysler products be called Fiats? Will there be Fiats sold as Dodges? Or will Fiats simply be sold as Fiats, Jeeps as Jeeps, and Dodges as Dodges? Is Fiat bringing the Tata Nano to the USA?
So many questions….but I do agree that Fiat will do a much better job than Daimler did with Chrysler. Let’s see what happens as the details unfold….
Why Jeremy Clarkson makes me laugh…
Jeremy Clarkson is by far one of the more entertaining and interesting reads around. Aside from his bizarre, over the Top Gear performances, he spends plenty of time writing articles about cars in various publications. Here is a bit of glory from The Times Online about the, erm, glorious Chrysler Sebring
Many people imagine when they rent a convertible in America that they’ll be thumping down Highway 1 under a blazing sky in a throbbing Corvette or an evocative Mustang. Yum yum, they think. Freedom. Sunshine. A V8 bass line. Engineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans. The American dream. Sadly, however, most tourists end up with a Chrysler Sebring convertible, which is almost certainly the worst car in the entire world.
Fantastic. I always feel this way when i end up with a rubbish rental car at the local Hertz dealer when my car is in service, OR when i’m traveling. Yeah, i know some people i know don’t really like Mr. Clarkson—–but i find him most entertaining.
Click here for the full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article4873574.ece
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